IPL 2019 | Twitter blasts R Ashwin for Nicholas Pooran's batting position; praises Sam Curran's brilliant knock
After losing valuable wickets of Chris Gayle and KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran stepped in and scored a quickfire 48. But it was Sam Curran's brilliant 57 off just 27 balls that helped Kings XI Punjab reach a total of 183. Twitterati slammed Ashwin for playing Pooran's wrong position and praised Curran.
What a player!
Nicholas Pooran has more sixes than fours in his T20 career. Its clearly evident in this IPL season.
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) May 3, 2019
Close call!
Was just about to tweet a 💯 for the taking here for Pooran. Good thing I bailed out in time 🙊
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) May 3, 2019
The batting position made all the difference!
Pooran being batted where he should. No wonder he is contributing better.
— Professor More Kuzhambu (@IndianMourinho) May 3, 2019
Maybe this is the reason why they haven't qualified for the playoffs!
Pooran is a talent. Unfortunately all #KXIP kept doing was to chop and change the team. #KXIPvKKR
— Wanderer (@DisDatNothin) May 3, 2019
Pro jinxer!
Pooran's Century Loading
— Prateekᴹᴵ (@IMPrateek45) May 3, 2019
Interesting observation! Now KXIP can drop Rahul and play Pooran without wasting a foreign quota!
If KL Rahul balded prematurely and was a bit dark, he would look like Nicholas Pooran #KXIPvKKR
— Useless Sperm (@Useless_Sperm0) May 3, 2019
Literally!
Sam Curran breathes life into the game. What-a-kid
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) May 3, 2019
That one dropped catch might've just cost KKR the match!
Baby-faced Sam Curran is an extremely talented cricketer. Costly miss by Rinku Singh off Narine when Curran was on 17. He compounded KKR bowlers' misery and propelled his side to a competitive score. Its a good strip & KKR has an explosive lineup. Should be a good chase#KXIPvKKR pic.twitter.com/LeiRmuDHgt
— 🇮🇳 Bharat Sharma 🇮🇳 (@bharatsharma_) May 3, 2019
Well said!
Sam Curran's batting like how KXIP would have wanted David Miller to bat in the death this season.#IPL2019 #KXIPvKKR
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) May 3, 2019
Already?
Sam Curran > David Miller
— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) May 3, 2019
And I am not even considering Curran's bowling abilities right now #KXIPvKKR
KKR should've done their research!
Curran continuing the legacy of making teams pay for dropping your catch.
— Copy-Paste Engineer (@Uglybuoy) May 3, 2019
First against India in England and now against KKR. #KXIPvKKR